The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
NUMBER 40.
FROM LINEN TO MOOLEN.
III" weather la Palatka and Massschu-
setts Regrets for Our southern Cline.
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| SOUTH DtABuRN, MASS, April ID.
Less than a week ago we were sitting on
the front porch of Palatka parsonage.
fan in hand, looking out upon beds of
roses, and listening 10 the hum of bees
as they fitted from flower To flower. To-
day dressed i'm thick garments. we are
seated before large stove filled TO the
top with burning Goals, listening TO the
war of elements without; fiercely howls
the wind through leafiess trees, loudly .
roars the surf upon shingly beach, while
the ontlook-if such term may be
used in the face OF binding snow
storm-is dreary indeed and this we are
informed il the fifty-seventh snowstorm
of the season.
On our way hither SO delightful was
the weather, We We're congratulating
ourselves that the winter was past and
gone and spring, with the singing of
birds, had come. But alas. alas, winter
is still here, and to all appearance likely
for some time to remain. On opening
our mail which has just come 10 hand,
find from the Boston papers that this is
the coldest 18th day of April that has
been experienced in ten years. while THR
PALATKA NEWS. which comes regularly.
speaks of delightful weather. sunny,
CHEEKY. healthful. 'Tis pleasant then. as
We peruse its columns. To turn our
| thoughts away from natures droary sur
roundings, and permit them To revel
amid the sunny scenes Of tropical Flor
| ida.
Perhaps You want to know something
of this seaside resort where, for some
| fifteen years. we have found a summer
home. DuNbury is "A quaint old town of
historic fame. that antedates I'VE olden
times, which "ye men and women
singers of Palatka," at their concert last
week represented, IA il will celebrate in
a few weeks the 250th anniversary of It's
incorporation as a town. Yes, $50 years
ago, or I; years after the landing of the
| Pilgrims AT Plymouth, this town was i'm
corporated, as is seen by the following
extract taken from the records of Ply
mouth Colony: June Z, 1887. IL Is
enacted by the Court that Ducksborrow
shall become a township and unite to-
gether for their better securitie and To
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their bounds and limmits shall he sett
and appointed by the next Court"
| While this was the date of this towns
incorporation, there were settlers i'm DuN-
bury as early as l63O-and among them
were Miles Standish. John Alden, Elder
Brewster and Thomas Prince, men who
played no small part in the govrrnment
l l,aFt q l.a In ,yis n h.a
destinies of the country. The name of
Duxbury was given 10 the town out of
respect to Captain Standish from Dux-
bury Hall. the seat of the Standish fam
lily in England. From DuxbuTy Bay
rises Clark's Island memorable as being
the spot. where that devoted pilgrim band
first landed in their voyage Of discovery
from Cape Cod. Having come under
the lee Of the island during the night of
Friday, December 9th. (old style) they
landed on the following day and here
kept the Christian Sabbath, while 1.-THE
dim woods rang to the anthems Of the
free" No wonder that this spot has haa
peculiar attractions 10 thousands of gen
erations following.
MANY Quiet hiltltnl lblllnhIhh art
hereabouts, each having peculiar historic
associations, dear to the descendants of
the pilgrims. Chief Of these landmarks
perhaps is Captains Hill, which formed "A
part of an early grant TO Captain Stan
dish and from whose summit may he
seen a beautiful landscape, the most pleas
ing associations, and historic reminis-
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ture which shining villages with taper
ing church spires towering against a
background of unfading green present
in summer, while the CLASSY surface of
the bay, with the music Of its gentle
ripplings on the beach present there one
of the famous spots of historic note that
remind us that here once stood the hum
bile abodes of the pilgrim captain and
brave leader of the patriots, Miles Stan
dish: of Brewster, who having followed
i'm his youth i'm the retinue Of kings and
princes. preferred solitary retreat In
the Western wilds. and there 10 worship
his God in peace; Of Alden, whose pru-
dent counsels and whose rigid justice
attained for him a rank in the estima-
ton of the colony, alike an honor TO him
self, and a subject OF pride 10 his descend
ants.
Turn your attention as you may,
and you will feel that you are gazing ON
a scene of more than ordinary interest,
of the most grateful recollections, and Of
a nature the most agreeable and pleasing.
SO much at present for Duxbury not
only famous for its age, and the patriot
ism of its founders. but subsequently as
famous for ship-building skill Of its me-
chanics. and as long the home Of the
largest ship owners Of New England.
and for time the dwelling place of Mr..
Ezra Weston in his day the largest owner
in the country. At present il il a pleas
ant summer resort for New Englanders
and yachts. and during the season the
waters of the bay are dotted with many
sail and enlivened with the exciting
scenes of the regatta. Anticipating the
fastening in Of that delightful summer
time, we will bear with the present, and
few more storms. relieving the monot-
ony Of the returning hours by the daily
perusal Of Florida's fayorite daily, THE
PALATKA NEWS. J. Il. ID.
An Actual Mugwump Committai.
san Francisco Call.
George Jones, the proprietor of the
New York Times, arrived In the city
from Los Angeles yesterday and en-
sconced himself at the Palace Hotel Mr.